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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1932
Page
11
Nelsonville classified page highlights poultry buying tips and easy ad references. Advertising manager 412.W advertisement by A Caldwell explains how careful purchasing boosts profits for farmers and households alike.
Local ads list auto repair, musical tubes, a cable store sale, valentine cards and flowers, paint and paper supplies, midnight inn meals, photo studio specials, room rentals, and a five room house for rent with water and electric, all with contact phones and addresses in Payette Street and nearby areas.
Washington reports outline a campaign to mobilize 1.9 billion dollars hidden in homes by hoarders. Col Frank Knox leads the effort with a house to house canvass to persuade individuals to redeposit money and trust safe banks where it earns.
A man placed a Messenger Classified Ad to sell an incubator and received several responses. Three days later the incubator was sold, proving simple classified ads can yield fast, profitable results. Call Athens 248, Nelsonville 412-W, or Logan 272 to ask for an ad-taker.
Radio schedule lists talent bureau program features and multiple performances. Includes names such as A Chandler Jr John B Jane Deana and various orchestras and soloists, with times from morning through late night. Also notes market reports livestock reports and farm program segments.
A dense schedule listing on air times and performers for CBS WABC with Tito Guitar and Mexican Tenor, Martin's Orchestra, Connie Boswell, Frank Stretz, Myrt and Marge, John Kelvin Irish Tenor, Bing Crosby, Morton Downey, Barbara Maurer, Abe Lyman's Bend, Kate Smith, Angelo Pairi, Fire Mills Brothers, Husing Beasley Orchestra, Miller and his Orchestra, Redman Orchestra, Nicholas Murray Butler and Columbia University dinner, George Olsen and his Orchestra.
A late 1930s radio lineup features 6:90 Orchestra and 6:30 International Broadcast from Geneva followed by The Stebbins Boys at 6:45. 7:00 Lumberpacks male quartet with Robert Gimmons, 7:30 Alice Joy contralto, 145 The Goldbergs sketch, 8:00 Lillian Roth with Rudy Vallee, 9:00 Bix of the Air, 9:30 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 10:00 Dance Hour with Walter Winchell, 11:00 Lew Conrad Orchestra, 11:30 Jessie Crawford Poet of the Organ, 12:05 Coon-Banders Orchestra, 12:30 Charlie Aghew Orchestra.
United Press reports General Motors Fleet chief C. E. Dawson notes January sales rose 63 percent from January 1931. Winn & Lovett Grocery Co posts January sales of 467 105, up from 465 220 last year, a 0.4 percent gain. New York Central will reopen Collinwood shops Monday restoring 1 000 to 1 200 jobs. Bendix Aviation expands work and plans to operate its wheel and hub plant full time by year end.
Public inspection of revised real property valuations for Athens County Ohio is available in the Auditor's office. Complaints against any valuation will be heard by the County Board of Revision at the County Auditor's Office from February 6 to February 16, 1982 inclusive. Auditor J C Edmundyson. Athens County Ohio.
Wesley G B Lawrence of Athens Ohio named executor of the estate of Pricey B Lawrence deceased in Athens County Ohio. Chiota Berry of Athens Ohio named administratrix of the estate of Dr John H W Berry deceased in Athens County Ohio. Dated February 1 and 8 1932 respectively by Probate Judge 8 M Johnson.
Mrs. Alice Longworth, widow of the Speaker, sees Theodore Roosevelt Jr. off in Washington before his assignment as Governor in the Philippines. The image is among the first of Mrs. Longworth since her husband's death.
Henry L. Stevens Jr., national commander of the American Legion, is touring regions to preside over meetings aimed at expanding job opportunities for veterans and members of the legion. He helps coordinate local efforts to boost employment and community support.
Milo Bean of Athens pleads guilty to intoxication and to failing to support a minor. Bean pays a $10 fine plus costs and $15 monthly for child support under Magistrate Porter. J A Wonnacott, ex Millfield mine supervisor, pleads guilty to two bad checks totaling $2,197.75 with case set for Feb 16. Berthick pleads guilty to intoxication, fined $10 and costs. All three were arrested by Constable Lealie Bradfield.
Tomorrow 7 30 p m services mark the first day of Lent with a Litany and Penitential Office at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Immediately after, the rector and his wife host a gathering at home for six Chloe University students at 68 North Congress Street.
King Feisal of Iraq is anticipated to gain full independence and join the League of Nations. Iraq, once part of Turkey and known as Mesopotamia, has been a British mandate for about ten years. The map situates Iraq on the Black Sea region.
New York trading sees Auburn drop below the 100 mark shortly after noon with an 0.8 percent decline from the prior close. Other stocks in the industrial group edge higher while Standard Oil of New Jersey nears its day’s low amid a mixed session.
A fragmented stock ledger entry lists steel and motor equipment items. It references AM rolling mills and the U Republic, with mentions of motors rubbers and related equipment. The exact items and quantities are unclear but indicate a catalog of industrial components.
Baltimore produce market notes current prices for live poultry including leghorns and roosters with multiple weight and grade distinctions. butter and creamery items list standard scores and firsts. Items show varied pricing for stock categories and packing stock with percentage-based figures and cent increments.
Fragmentary OCR notes list numeric scores and item counts for a creamery table. Mentions Mab Bready and various ungraded and numbered entries. Details are incomplete and not fully coherent from the source text.
The list shows current receipts and prices for poultry products. Leghorns springs and colored springs are priced per unit, with totals for fresh extras and geese listed.
Butter extras five and a half to six cents, standards twenty five cents, market steady. Eggs extra firsts leCurrent receipts sixteen dollars per hundredweight. Heavy fowls seventeen and eight cents, medium seventeen inc. Turkeys twenty five cents, geese eighteen cents, stags fourteen cents. Potatoes Ohio forty five per bag. Maine Green Mountain one dollar five to one ten. A few slightly higher. 100 lb sacks and weighted prices for extra large to medium sizes.
Live stock trading in Cincinnati shows uneven to lower momentum with varied bids. Cattle and calves move slowly with cows mostly around four dollars per hundredweight and vealers steady. hogs and sheep mixed with lighter weights selling around three to four dollars and larger lambs down from prior weeks.
The wool market shows continued demand for Western wool and finer ironate, with prices edging higher in late February. Combed and combed wools in original bags fetch about 4053 canta per unit, while lower grade scoured bathe and territory wools remain quiet. receipts for the week ending February 2 reach 462,400 pounds compared with 940,000 pounds the prior week.
Toledo market notes show mixed grain prices including No. 2 yellow corn at 1999 with March and February figures, oats and white clover values listed, and dairy creamery butter priced around 28424. Timothy hay and other livestock feed costs appear, reflecting a varied farm commodity scene.
The Western and Southern Life Assurance Company shows higher total assets and insurance in force in 1931, with a large increase in net income from 1980 to 1931. Capital and surplus rose to 1 496 188, reflecting a conservative investment policy and expanded services to policyholders.
Regional business items report varied figures from a 1981 to 1990 time span. Data include United States fiber consumption totals, Lola Locomotive Works orders, Studebaker sales trends, and Shenango Valley Mill scheduling. Additional notes cover B F Goodrich hours and a gas company net income comparison.
Canada’s Natural Resources Department reports a general rise in mineral output for the year, led by gold increasing by 577,660 ounces and Ontario accounting for 78 percent of production. Sixteen minerals represented 98 percent of total value at 222,432,000 with declines in silver, lead, copper, and other outputs offset by gains in gold and crude petroleum.
Fragmentary rail timetable data lists trains departing from Athens and Tinea with numbers such as No 3 No 9 No 4 and times like 219 2324. Mentions routes and lines including Westend and CBURSATEARLR & O10 with roving variants.
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